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http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/hebrews-05-12-14-right-and-wrong-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Text: Hebrews 5:12-14 What is Right and What is Wrong? Introduction to What is Right and Wrong A. What is “spiritual maturity?” It is being able to have our “senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” B. We are to be able to prove or to determine the good, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/galatians-06-14-how-do-you-view-the-cross-of-christ-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Text: Galatians 6:14 (Reading by ) Introduction to How do you View the Cross of Christ? 1. Some see the Cross of Christ as a piece of jewelry 2. Some see the Cross as a decoration in their home. 3. Some see the Cross as a design in their […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/ephesians-05-23-33-why-i-love-the-church-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Text: Ephesians 5:23-33 (Reading by Andy Anderson) Introduction to Why I Love The Church 1. There are many people who are cynical when they speak of the church 2. They see the church as a cold, sterile, formal institution 3. However, some people see the church as I […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/anxiety-and-comfort-for-christians-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Anxiety and Comfort for Christians Christians Have Anxiety? Someone has written that an average person’s anxiety is focused on a few major areas: 40% of anxiety concerns things that will never happen. No point in worrying about these! 30% of anxiety is about things that have happened in the […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/matthew-05-13-16-contagious-christian-living-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Matthew 5:13-16 Introduction to Contagious Christian Living 1. Usually, the term “contagious” has a negative connotation. 2. Contagious simply means that something is transmissible and is not negative by definition. 3. What normally gives the word a negative connotation is that we usually speak of it with reference […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/galatians-06-14-14-boast-in-the-cross-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Galatians 6:14 (reading by Andy Anderson) Introduction: 1. “God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – Galatians 6:14 2. Why would anyone want to “boast” in the cross, an instrument of death? 3. The answer is because the cross is […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-05-18-21-certainties-of-the-christian-faith-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 5:18-21 Introduction 1. In this last section of John’s epistle, we find him summarizing three facts or “certainties” that his readers should have learned – 1 John 5:18-21 2. These certainties of the Christian Faith relate to sin, the evil one, and the truth concerning fellowship […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-05-14-17-praying-with-confidence-and-compassion-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 5:14-17 Introduction 1. Rapidly approaching the end of his epistle, John has a few words on the subject of prayer – 1 John 5:14-17 2. This is not the first time he has broached this subject, for he has already mentioned… a. The value of confessing our sins, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/scatter-the-seed-wait-until-it-ripens-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Mark 4:26-29 – And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. For the earth yields crops […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-05-11-13-life-in-the-son-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 5:11-13 Introduction 1. We saw in this morning’s sermon that the word “witness” was used eight times in one form or another – 1 John 5:6-10 2. A form of the word is used again in 1 John 5:11-13, translated as “testimony” in the NKJV (“record” in 1 John […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-05-06-10-witnesses-for-jesus-christ-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 5:6-10 KJV (Reading by Andy Anderson) Introduction 1. Earlier in his epistle, John stressed two important things a. That Jesus Christ has come in the flesh – 1 John 4:2 b. That those who believe Jesus Christ has come in the flesh are “of God”; indeed, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/psalm-37-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Psalm 37 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/jesus-the-grace-of-god-titus-02-11-14-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Titus 2:11-14 – For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/be-an-example-timothy-4-12-16-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 Timothy 4:12-16 – Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/psalm-61-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download(audio only) Text: Psalm 61 1 To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; 2 from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-05-01-05-three-tests-of-authentic-christianity-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 5:1-5 (Reading by Andy Anderson) Introduction 1. As we began our study of First John, it was noted that it had a different objective than the Gospel of John a. John wrote his gospel in order that one might have eternal life – John 20:30-31 b. His epistle […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-04-07-21-brotherly-love-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 4:7-21 Introduction 1. Who is best known as “the apostle of love”? a. The apostle Paul is certainly worthy of such a title in view of his great chapter on love in 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 b. But because of the many references to love in his […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-04-01-06-test-the-spirits-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 4:1-6 Introduction 1. So far in this epistle, John has discussed what our relationship should be in regards to: a. God – 1 John 1:5-6 b. Jesus – 1 John 2:3-4 c. The things in the world – 1 John 2:15 d. Sin – 1 John […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-03-15-24-brotherly-love-what-is-it-and-why-do-i-want-it-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 3:15-24 Introduction 1. The apostle John has given us two reasons in 1 John 3:10-15 for why it is necessary that we love the brethren: a. Along with practicing righteousness, it distinguishes the children of God b. It signifies a passing from death to life 2. But […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-03-10-15-children-of-god-vs-the-children-of-the-devil-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 3:10-15 KJV (Reading by Andy Anderson) Introduction 1. In our previous study, we saw where John described two different kinds of people: a. One who continuously practices sin, and is therefore of the devil – 1 John 3:8a b. One born of God, who does not continuously […]

Text: 1 John 3:4-9 Introduction 1. This morning, we saw that the true child of God purifies himself because of the hope of being like Jesus one day – 1 John 3:2-3 2. In discussing purity, the subject of sin naturally arises a. Which may be why John moves right into a discussion of sin and the […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-03-01-03-the-children-of-god-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 3:1-3 Introduction 1. In 1 John 2:29, for the first time John speaks of Christians as those who are born of God a. It is an expression that will be used time and again throughout the remainder of this epistle – 1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18 […]

Maybe it was with your spouse or kids. Could’ve been a coworker or neighbor. Maybe even someone at church. It doesn’t really matter what it was about, or who the person was, but I can predict a couple of things: One, it was unpleasant, and two, somebody was being selfish. Those two facts are amazingly […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/i-like-forgiveness-quite-a-bit-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI like forgiveness quite a bit, don’t you? I like for my wife to forgive me when I have been rude or unkind. I like for my kids to forgive my impatience. I like others to extend heaps of forgiveness to me when I need it. I especially like […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Psalm-139-13-17-The-Gift-of-Life.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Psalm 139:13-17 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. Introduction The body is a masterpiece of exquisite design. Beautifully “engineered,” it is governed by several hundred systems of control each interacting with and affecting […]

Ever prayed a prayer you didn’t really think God would answer? Why do we do that? Maybe it’s because we’ve focused so much on what God doesn’t do that we forget about what he does. “Well,” we think, “I know he created the world and parted the Red Sea and raised Jesus from the grave, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Help.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIs anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise (James 5:13). I suppose we’re more likely to obey the first part of that verse than we are the second. It’s easy to let all of life’s stresses cause us to forget our need […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/The-Presence-of-God.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI can’t imagine what it’ll be like to be in God’s presence, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be the best thing about heaven. What will it feel like? What will he look like? What will it be like? I want that, but I’m not ready for it yet. People […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Valuable-Important-Forgiven.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: Colossians 2:11-13 We are all valuable to God. We are all important to God. We are all forgiven by God in the same way. Content by Donald W. Treadway Return to the Home Page

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Peacemaker.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYou have probably been around a guy who brings strife when he walks into a room. He’s either in an argument with someone or trying to get one started. He’s also pretty good at getting people mad at one another. If you hear about a feud going on at […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Praise.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIs anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise (James 5:13). I suppose we’re more likely to obey the first part of that verse than we are the second. It’s easy to let all of life’s stresses cause us to forget our need […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Salt.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe’ve all probably engaged in a little hand-wringing about the future of our country. What will happen, we ask, if we continue heading down a path that ignores God, flaunts rebellion, and mocks righteousness? What will it look like when our kids or grandkids become adults? Will God turn […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Light-Of-The-World.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOne of the things the Pharisees couldn’t stand about Jesus was the crowd he hung around with. They didn’t know what to do with someone who claimed to be a Rabbi yet spent his time with undesirables. Tax collectors. Drunks. Adulterers. Prostitutes. How could he? Here’s his answer: “I’m the […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/More-Grace.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“For we all stumble in many things,” James wrote (James 3:2). Amen to that. Most Christians I know are quite aware of the myriad ways they fall short. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but James is on a bit of a negative kick. He accuses his Christian readers […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Pure-Minds.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMost of the time my mind is going in a million different directions. If you ask me something, and I request some time to think about it and get back with you, I’d better write it down immediately. If not, I’ll forget about it within 30 seconds. I don’t […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Does-God-Care.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhere is God? Does he even know what’s going on in my life? Does he care? Because he doesn’t speak directly to us, and because we can’t literally see him, It is easy to start thinking he’s not there, or if he is, he’s not particularly interested in the […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Words.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAs a preacher and as human being, I use a lot of words. That’s probably part of the reason this passage has puzzled – and scared – me. Maybe it’s bothered you a little as well. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Obey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMark Twain famously quipped, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me; it is the parts that I do understand.” I’m not sure exactly how he meant that, but in some ways I agree with him. There’s a lot about the Bible I don’t […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Stains.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe live in the world, and it’s hard to keep it from rubbing off on us. Sometimes it’s tempting just to escape it, isn’t it? Moving to the proverbial deserted island or to a rural mountain in Tibet doesn’t sound bad at all. Some believers in church history tried that […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Abounding-Love.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSome things you just can’t have too much of: Ice cream. College football. Precious kisses from your baby son or daughter. Of course Paul was not talking about any of those things in Philippians 1, though I doubt he would disagree with me. Here’s what he says: “And this […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Peace.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAll of us want peace, but many of us do not have as much of it as we’d like. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Contentment.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere’s a tendency to postpone contentment, or to explain away why we don’t have it right now. The condition is so common that it’s got its own street name: the “Greener Grass Syndrome.” Sometimes the good life is almost within grasp, just the other side of a 5% raise. Or […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/Unspotted.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe live in the world, and it’s hard to keep it from rubbing off on us. Sometimes it’s tempting just to escape it, isn’t it? Moving to the proverbial deserted island or to a rural mountain in Tibet doesn’t sound bad at all. Some believers in church history tried […]

I cannot imagine what it will be like to be in God’s presence, but I am pretty sure it will be the best thing about heaven. What will it feel like? What will He look like? What will it be like? I want that, but I’m not ready for it yet. People can’t be in […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-01-05-02-02-fellowship-with-god-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 1:5-2:2 (Reading by Clark Perkins) Introduction 1. We saw in 1 John 1:1-4 that John’s aim in this epistle is: a. To declare the “Word of life”, the “eternal life” that was with the Father and has been manifested in Jesus Christ – 1 John 1:1-2 […]

http://gjcoc.us/wp-content/uploads/1-john-01-01-04-introduction-to-first-john-media.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadText: 1 John 1:1-4 Introduction 1. When Jesus to earth, He came not only to LIVE a life, but to GIVE life: I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. – John 10:10 2. The GOSPEL of John was designed to […]

Love your neighbor. It just sort of rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? It’s such a nice thought, and pretty much everybody agrees that we ought to do it. But, do we? Of course we do, or at least we think we do. We know Jesus commanded it. We know we are supposed to love everyone. […]

Maybe you have occasionally wondered if there is any point to prayer. Does it work? Is God listening? We doubters ought to go back and reread James. Here’s James 5:16 in a few different translations: The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working (ESV). The effective, fervent prayer of a […]